| Idiom | Full of Beans |
|---|---|
| Example | After final exams, some of us were exhausted and others were full of beans. |
| Meaning | lively, happy and energetic, high-spirited |
| Origin | Just as the expression to "feel your oats" means to be lively and frisky, being "full of beans" is a similar food-related idiom. Eating lots of beans has a gastrointestinal effect on some people that may make them a little more lively. The origin may also be from the days when the racehorses were fed beans. This lively expression has been bouncing around since the 1800s. |
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